6 January 2014 ANC Congratulates Class of 2014 The African National Congress joins the nation in sending its hearty congratulations to the Matric Class of 2014. Their success in the final assessments for Grade 12 is a success of the country as a whole; building on the foundation that has been laid by so many - educators, parents, policy makers, the learners themselves and society in general - in pursuit of education and knowledge, an apex priority of our government and an undisputed catalyst for our nation's development. In order to create a better future for our youth and to realise our nation's possibility to be an exemplar of African and global progress and development, much more must still be done to deliver on the calls by successive conferences of the ANC for improved quality, access and equity in education. We have already done much in our quest to ensure that, in South Africa, education is free, compulsory and universal for all learners. The deliberate and focused interventions by the ANC government, including the implementation of a curriculum of a very high standard, are indicators of our resolve to give practical expression to improving the quality of the education outcomes. Ours now is to ensure greater throughput from Grade R to Grade 12, ensuring that no child gets left behind by the education system. Working together with the Higher Education and Technical Training Sector, it is imperative that limitless opportunities are provided for further training, skill development and lifelong learning following this important first step of success in the National Senior Certificate. The ANC is mindful of the fact that many of our students were not successful in these examinations and urge them to remain resolute, maintain their optimism and where they qualify, take up the opportunity offered for Supplementary Examinations in February and March of this year. Education remains the most critical tool with which one can change their circumstances and those of their country. The ANC congratulates Gauteng for being the best performing province in terms of the matric pass rate as well as having the highest number of candidates qualifying for Bachelor studies in 2014. We are further immensely proud of the strides that have been made by other provinces such as the North West and the Free State who have continued to post impressive results without the resource base of the urban provinces. We trust their success will spur greater improvement in those that continue to struggle to attain or maintain the same outcomes. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith Khoza 082 823 9672 Khusela Sangoni 072 854 5707 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
